{"product_id":"numbers-a-cultural-history-9781440869334","title":"Numbers: A Cultural History","description":"\u003cp\u003eNumbers: A Cultural History provides students with a compelling interdisciplinary view of the development of mathematics and its relationship to world cultures over 4 500 years of human history.  Mathematics is often referred to as a \"universal language \" and that is a fitting description. Many cultures have contributed to mathematics in fascinating ways  but despite its \"universal\" character  mathematics is also a human endeavor. It has played pivotal roles in societies at particular times; and it has influenced  and been influenced by  a wide range of ideas and institutions  from commerce to philosophy. Ancient Egyptian views of mathematics  for example  are tied closely to engineering and agriculture. Some European Renaissance views  on the other hand  relate the study of number to that of the natural world.  This work seeks to place the history of mathematics into a broad cultural context. While it treats mathematical material in detail  it also relates that material to other subject matter: science  philosophy  navigation  commerce  religion  art  and architecture. It examines how mathematical thinking grows in specific cultural settings and how it has shaped those settings in turn. It also explores the movement of ideas between cultures and the evolution of modern mathematics and the quantitative  data-driven world in which we live.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646786854965,"sku":"ByrdShop_1440869332","price":79.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781440869334.jpg?v=1781678463","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/numbers-a-cultural-history-9781440869334","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}